COMMISSIONER: Or, De Lunatico Enquirendo, with 28 Illustrations on Steel by Phiz
by James,G.P.R.) (but no author given on TP or elsewhere)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Dublin: Curry,Jun.(ie Jr.) and Co. London Wm.S.Orr, Edinb.Fraser & Co first 1st edition in book form, 1843. Hardcover. Good. Steel engraved plates (28 as listed) by Phiz (ie Hablot K. Browne). Octavo roan spined marbled boards but lacking leather to spine but covers firmly attached (tips rubbed) xv+(i)+440pp first issued in parts and here still carrying the part numbers I-XIV at the foot of each section. Plates are mostly rather foxed else neat and tight copy. Last page with a sour marginal note in pencil. *Humorous novel includes cross dressing a man in stays and women's attire and later the women revolt and get the upper hand and later it ends up happily. Aside from the foxed plates rest of bookblock in nice condition.
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- F68072
- Title
- COMMISSIONER: Or, De Lunatico Enquirendo, with 28 Illustrations on Steel by Phiz
- Author
- James,G.P.R.) (but no author given on TP or elsewhere)
- Illustrator
- Steel engraved plates (28 as listed) by Phiz (ie Hablot K. Browne)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Curry,Jun.(ie Jr.) and Co. London Wm.S.Orr, Edinb.Fraser & Co first 1st edition in book form
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1843
- Keywords
- humorous fiction illustrated Irish
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction and Poetry;
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About the Seller
Abbey Antiquarian Books
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Marbled boards
- ...